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In the past year, nearly half of the 50 US states saw obesity rates rise and no state saw a fall in the number of people who were obese, according to the sixth annual "F as in Fat" report by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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The United States is losing its battle against bulging waistlines, with two-thirds of Americans now overweight or obese, according to an annual report
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U.S. map shows adult obesity prevalence by state.


An overweight Brazilian boy plays with his mother on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, December 16, 2004.
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Shadows of patients at a weight reduction clinic. Weight-loss surgery that curbs food intake by stitching up parts of the stomach or small intestine reduces the risk of cancer in obese women by more than 40 percent, according to a study.
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Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.
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Health experts have long warned of the risk of obesity, but a new Japanese study warns that being very skinny is even more dangerous, and that slightly chubby people live longer.
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A man and child receive a hot meal at the Los Angeles Mission in April 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The recession has put US children at greater risk of everything from obesity, as parents substitute cheap fast food for healthy meals; to poverty, as adults lose jobs; to crime and instability, a report has found.
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Job seekers searching online for new opportunities at the East Bay Works One-Stop Career Center in Oakland, California, in January 2009. The recession has put US children at greater risk of everything from obesity, as parents substitute cheap fast food for healthy meals; to poverty, as adults lose jobs; to crime and instability, a report has found.
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Donuts, French fries and fried chicken. Children in the United States are at risk of "recession obesity" as parents substitute cheap, fast food for healthy meals to try to weather the economic slump, a report published Wednesday showed.
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